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Buddhist art at Sotheby's NY
Aug29

Buddhist art at Sotheby's NY

Sotheby’s New York will present a selling exhibition, Footsteps of the Buddha: Masterworks from Across the Buddhist World, 3-23 September 2013. Aimed at collectors and connoisseurs, the selling exhibition traces the historical development and transformation of Buddhist art from the second century through the 21st. The show features pan-Asian Buddhist paintings and sculptures from the ancient regions of Gandhara, Nepal, Tibet, Korea,...

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THE CONCEPT OF DANZŌ: ‘Sandalwood Images’ in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture of the 8th to 14th Centuries
Jul01

THE CONCEPT OF DANZŌ: ‘Sandalwood Images’ in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture of the 8th to 14th Centuries

THE CONCEPT OF DANZŌ: ‘Sandalwood Images’ in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture of the 8th to 14th Centuries, by Christian Boehm, is a new title in Saffron Asian Art and Society Series. Buy this book. Download press release This lavishly illustrated volume is the first study in a Western language to examine Buddhist sculptures known as danzō (sandalwood images) and dangan (portable sandalwood shrines) in Japan from the 8th to 14th centuries,...

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An Eternal Cycle: Paradise and Purgatory at Mokspace
Oct14

An Eternal Cycle: Paradise and Purgatory at Mokspace

An Eternal Cycle: Paradise and Purgatory at London’s Mokspace features the work of Korean artists Park Seo Young and Lyoo Song Nyeo who paint in the style of devotional paintings still found in the Buddhist temples of Korea and other countries, writes SAJID RIZVI. The exhibition (14 October-10 November 2011) refers to an almost universal notion that death remains, for most part, a mystery to all living beings before they meet...

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